The Philadelphia Phillies, who are projected to be big spenders this winter, made their first splash on Tuesday, agreeing to a three-year deal with outfielder Andrew McCutchen. Matt Gelb of The Athletic was the first to report the deal. McCutchen, 32, split last season between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Yankees, and hit .255/.368/.424 with 20 homers and 65 RBI. The longtime Pirate...
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David Wright is present with the Mets’ front office personnel in Las Vegas for the Winter Meetings this week. Wright,35, played his last game in September, but is actually still on the Mets 40-man roster as the team can’t remove him yet because of insurance complications. The former third baseman has been said to want a front office role at some point so it is not too surprising that...
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Jon Heyman of Fancred reports that the Mets are “kicking the tires” on A.J. Pollock to make him the team’s new center fielder for the team in 2019. However, Heyman says that if the team fails to acquire the center fielder that they might look for a compliment to Juan Lagares, who is currently slated to be the Opening Day centerfielder. Lagares, 29, played in 30 games before...
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With his 36 homers between Binghamton and Las Vegas, Peter Alonso became the first Mets minor leaguer to lead the minors in homers. With him having more RBI than Ibandel Isabel, he finds himself the winner of the Joe Bauman Home Run Award, which is given to the minor leaguer with the most homers. In receiving the award, Alonso joins notable Major Leagurs in Ryan Howard, Mike Moustakas, and Kris...
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Yasmani Grandal has quietly been one of the best players in baseball in the past five seasons. That statement might seem like hyperbole—he’s an excellent hitting catcher, mind you, but not to the degree that would seem to have him transcend to the upper echelons of baseball’s elite— but I can assure you, there’s no joke or “gotcha” here. By WARP, Baseball...
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Dominic Smith, 1B/LF Player Data: Age: 23, B/T: L/L Primary Stats: 56 G, 149 PA, 5 HR, 11 RBI, 4 BB, 47 K, .224/.255/.420 Advanced Stats: .297 BABIP, 84 wRC+, .288 wOBA, 87 OPS+, -0.6 bWAR, -0.5 fWAR Free Agency: 2025 2019 Salary: Pre-Arb Grade: Incomplete 2018 Review Poor Dominic Smith. Will he ever be handled correctly? The young first baseman spent most of 2018 in AAA and on the big league...
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